# Post ts_116753053952043436

- Post ID: `ts_116753053952043436`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-06-15T07:57:02.651Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The Dumocrats want FISA because that’s what they used to go after me for three years during my First Term! I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
>
> THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
>
> 1. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!).
>
> 2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.
>
> 3. NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY, OR TRAVEL!).
>
> 4. NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.
>
> 5. NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION SURGERY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
>
> Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

## Engagement

- Likes: 8,888
- Reposts: 2,430
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- Metrics collected: 2026-06-22T07:01:47.396Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-06-15T08:14:11.237Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Authentic Trump overnight post (~3:57 AM ET) fusing personal grievance with legislative coercion. Opens with persecutory framing of FISA as the instrument 'they used to go after me for three years' — a distortion conflating Carter Page surveillance with a broader anti-Trump campaign. Converts this narcissistic injury into leverage, demanding a five-point culture-war manifesto ('Save America Act') as ransom for FISA cooperation. Defenses: splitting ('Dumocrats' vs. MAGA), displacement (FISA grievance redirected to unrelated culture-war items), projection (accuses opponents of weaponizing institutions while himself weaponizing legislative consent), rationalization. Grandiose narcissistic state dominant but scaffolded on persecutory substrate; mild hypomanic features (overnight hour, expansive decree format, all-caps). Rhetorical bundling tactic forces all-or-nothing framing. The 'mutilization' neologism for gender-affirming care contributes to dehumanizing climate around trans minors, raising danger profile modestly though without direct incitement. No marked cognitive deviation from baseline — single malapropism consistent with longstanding spelling idiosyncrasy, structure remains coherent. Archetypally: Warrior-King issuing terms to a defeated opposition. Clinically significant primarily for the routinized fusion of personal grievance with policy demands and the manifesto-style bundling of unrelated wedge issues into a single coercive frame.

## Authorship
High-confidence authentic Trump. The 3:57 AM ET timestamp, the 'Dumocrats' neologism, the malapropism 'mutilization,' idiosyncratic capitalization, and the signature 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!' sign-off all converge on personal authorship. The structural drift — beginning as a FISA grievance, pivoting into a five-point manifesto — is characteristic of Trump's associative composition.

## Psychological State
Grandiose-state predominant, but scaffolded on persecutory memory. The post opens autobiographically: FISA matters because 'they used it to go after me for three years.' This is the narcissistic-injury substrate underneath the dealmaker posture. He converts the injury into leverage, demanding policy concessions as a precondition for cooperation.

## Defenses
- **Splitting**: 'Dumocrats' (all-bad) vs. MAGA (all-good).
- **Displacement**: FISA grievance redirected into culture-war list.
- **Rationalization**: Personal vendetta reframed as principled legislative bargaining.
- **Projection**: Accuses opponents of weaponizing institutions while himself weaponizing legislative consent.

## Rhetoric
Manifesto bundling tactic forces opponents into all-or-nothing posture. Each item is reduced to its most affectively loaded phrasing. 'Mutilization' (sic) is a particularly charged neologism for gender-affirming care.

## Danger
No direct eliminationist language. Items 4–5 contribute to ongoing dehumanization climate around trans youth in policy discourse, but the framing here is legislative rather than incitement.

## Archetypal Read
Warrior/King — issuing terms to a defeated/illegitimate opposition. The bulleted decree format invokes monarchic edict.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FISA was used to go after Trump for three years during his first term" | **Mostly False** | The DOJ Inspector General's 2019 Horowitz report documented FBI errors and omissions in FISA applications targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign advisor, not Trump personally. The Page FISA surveillance ran from October 2016 through September 2017, roughly one year, not three, and targeted Page rather than Trump. Trump conflates the broader Crossfire Hurricane and Mueller investigation timeline with FISA-specific surveillance. |
| "Save America Act provisions as listed (photo ID, proof of citizenship, restrictions on mail-in ballots, etc.)" | **Half True** | The actual SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), as passed by the House in 2026, contains only two of Trump's five listed provisions: (1) photo ID for voting, and (2) proof of citizenship for voter registration. The bill also requires ID for mail-in ballots but does NOT ban them, contrary to point 3 in Trump's post. According to FactCheck.org, Votebeat, ABC News, and the Center for American Progress, the House-passed bill does not eliminate mail-in voting, does not address transgender athletes in women's sports, and does not address gender-affirming surgery for minors. Trump's references to these additional provisions correspond to a substitute amendment proposed by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) on March 17, 2026. Schmitt's amendment, drafted with the White House, does include all five elements Trump cites: (1) voter ID, (2) proof of citizenship, (3) end mail-in balloting except for military/illness/travel/disability, (4) keep men out of women's sports, and (5) protect children from transgender surgery. However, this Schmitt amendment had not been adopted into law at the time of Trump's post. Snopes explicitly fact-checked Trump's repeated claim that the anti-trans provisions were already in the SAVE America Act and found this claim false. The bill drew 50 votes in the Senate but failed to clear the 60-vote threshold. When Trump refers to 'The Save America Act (Full version!)' he is referring to his desired version incorporating the Schmitt amendment, not the actual bill text. Thus the first two provisions accurately describe the existing bill, while the latter three describe an unadopted amendment that has not become part of the legislation. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — congress (2 days later)

> "Trump will withhold support for FISA unless the Save America Act (full version) is attached"

**vs.**

> "Republicans fulfilled their commitment in the Pulte-FISA deal"

On 06-15, Trump stated an explicit personal condition: 'I'm against FISA if it doesn't come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached.' By 06-17, he is describing and endorsing a FISA deal whose only Republican-side condition was removing Pulte from Acting DNI — no Save America Act requirement. The source claim presents Republican fulfillment of this Pulte-only deal positively, which directly contradicts Trump's stated non-negotiable prerequisite for supporting FISA just two days earlier.

[View contradicting post →](/post/ts_116764370070279119)

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Posted ~3:57 AM ET (overnight, consistent with authentic Trump posting hours)
- Signature derogatory neologism 'Dumocrats' used twice
- Malapropism 'mutilization' (likely 'mutilation') — characteristic spelling error
- Idiosyncratic capitalization of common nouns ('Deal', 'First Term', 'Full version')
- Stream-of-consciousness pivot from FISA grievance to bundled culture-war list

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 75%
- Agreeableness: 15%
- Conscientiousness: 30%
- Neuroticism: 65%
- Openness: 25%

Strongest facet: low agreeableness / angry hostility

**Motives:**
- Agency: 85%
- Communion: 20%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Persecuted-strongman dealmaker who imposes terms on those who once attacked him
- **Arc:** contamination
- **Contrasting:** Democrats ('Dumocrats') who weaponized surveillance against him

**Identity Claims:**
- Victim of three-year FISA-enabled persecution
- Indispensable legislative gatekeeper
- Defender of children, women's sports, election integrity

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance — Exposure (Ongoing congressional FISA reauthorization debate; possible response to overnight cable coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Democrats ('Dumocrats') and FISA
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Overnight posting hour (~3:57 AM ET)
- Expansive policy decree format
- All-caps emphasis throughout
- Grandiose self-signature

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 45%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- phonemic paraphasia

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to base via signature MAGA slogan
- Bulleted manifesto format inviting reader assent
- Personalized closing signature creating leader-follower intimacy

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Loaded framing of gender-affirming care as 'mutilization' contributes to dehumanization climate against trans minors
- Bundling of culture-war wedge issues with national-security legislation politicizes surveillance reform

### Gaslighting

- Claim that FISA was 'used to go after me for three years' overstates and reframes the Crossfire Hurricane / Carter Page FISA history as a personal three-year campaign
- Implicit rewriting of FISA's documented multi-decade national security function into a partisan weapon-against-Trump narrative

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-06-15._

> FISA was used to go after Trump for three years during his first term

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The DOJ Inspector General's 2019 Horowitz report documented FBI errors and omissions in FISA applications targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign advisor, not Trump personally. The Page FISA surveillance ran from October 2016 through September 2017, roughly one year, not three, and targeted Page rather than Trump. Trump conflates the broader Crossfire Hurricane and Mueller investigation timeline with FISA-specific surveillance.

Sources: DOJ OIG Horowitz Report, December 2019; Mueller Report, March 2019

> Save America Act provisions as listed (photo ID, proof of citizenship, restrictions on mail-in ballots, etc.)

**HALF TRUE**

The actual SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), as passed by the House in 2026, contains only two of Trump's five listed provisions: (1) photo ID for voting, and (2) proof of citizenship for voter registration. The bill also requires ID for mail-in ballots but does NOT ban them, contrary to point 3 in Trump's post. According to FactCheck.org, Votebeat, ABC News, and the Center for American Progress, the House-passed bill does not eliminate mail-in voting, does not address transgender athletes in women's sports, and does not address gender-affirming surgery for minors. Trump's references to these additional provisions correspond to a substitute amendment proposed by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) on March 17, 2026. Schmitt's amendment, drafted with the White House, does include all five elements Trump cites: (1) voter ID, (2) proof of citizenship, (3) end mail-in balloting except for military/illness/travel/disability, (4) keep men out of women's sports, and (5) protect children from transgender surgery. However, this Schmitt amendment had not been adopted into law at the time of Trump's post. Snopes explicitly fact-checked Trump's repeated claim that the anti-trans provisions were already in the SAVE America Act and found this claim false. The bill drew 50 votes in the Senate but failed to clear the 60-vote threshold. When Trump refers to 'The Save America Act (Full version!)' he is referring to his desired version incorporating the Schmitt amendment, not the actual bill text. Thus the first two provisions accurately describe the existing bill, while the latter three describe an unadopted amendment that has not become part of the legislation.

Sources: https://www.votebeat.org/2026/02/27/save-america-act-trump-state-of-the-union-congress-elections-mail-ballots/; https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/qa-on-the-save-america-act/; https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-america-act-explained-how-the-new-show-your-papers-voting-bill-is-even-more-extreme-than-the-save-act/; https://abcnews.com/Politics/save-america-act-requiring-voter-id-proof-citizenship/story?id=130006795; https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/schmitt-to-introduce-amendment-to-save-america-act-following-through-on-trump-priorities/; https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/03/13/save-america-act-trans-issues/; https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/03/19/save-america-act-anti-trans-provisions/; https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-seeks-passage-of-save-america-act-via-housing-and-fisa-bills/; https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5794738-save-america-act-amendment-transgender-athletes/; https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/18/senate-gop-forces-dems-vote-trans-surgeries-minors/

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — congress (2 days later)

> Trump will withhold support for FISA unless the Save America Act (full version) is attached

_Jun 15, 2026_

vs.

> Republicans fulfilled their commitment in the Pulte-FISA deal

_Jun 17, 2026_

On 06-15, Trump stated an explicit personal condition: 'I'm against FISA if it doesn't come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached.' By 06-17, he is describing and endorsing a FISA deal whose only Republican-side condition was removing Pulte from Acting DNI — no Save America Act requirement. The source claim presents Republican fulfillment of this Pulte-only deal positively, which directly contradicts Trump's stated non-negotiable prerequisite for supporting FISA just two days earlier.

[View contradicting post](/post/ts_116764370070279119)

## Tags

- FISA (90%)
- election-integrity (70%)
- transgender (60%)
- Dumocrats (50%)
- Save-America-Act (70%)
- persecution-narrative (70%)
- manifesto (60%)
- legislative-hostage-taking (70%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Thirty posts, one unbroken mood, and an Iran victory the record doesn't confirm.**

The day after hosting a UFC fight card on the White House lawn for his 80th birthday, Trump posted thirty times, and almost all of it was a victory lap over the Iran deal he had just announced. He returned to that one story at least eight times — in his own words, in shared headlines, in two back-to-back Fox clips of the same analyst, and finally in a flat late-night line declaring that Iran had "agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon," which the record from the preceding days does not support. In between came the routine machinery: six candidate endorsements in a three-minute burst, seven reposts of his own morning posts a minute after that, and two flattering pieces about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which had just turned green with algae after a $15 million repaint he never mentioned. The mood never wavered — no self-pity anywhere, and only one flash of anger, in the small hours, over a surveillance bill he offered to support only if an unrelated five-point wish list were attached. What stands out is not heat but flatness: a completely confident day resting on a claim that even one of the clips he chose to share admitted nobody had actually read yet.

Full digest for 2026-06-15: https://trump.fm/date/2026-06-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, June 15). The Dumocrats want FISA because that’s what they... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116753053952043436
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Dumocrats want FISA because that’s what they used to go..." Truth Social, 15 Jun. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116753053952043436. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Dumocrats want FISA because that’s what they used to go...," Truth Social, June 15, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116753053952043436.

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